| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Celastraceae |
| Local Name | Dhanthapatri |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 6 m high:Bark grey, smooth, young branches slightly compressed.:Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules deciduous; petiole 2-6 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 3-10 x 1.5-4 cm, elliptic, ovate, elliptic-obovate or oblong-lanceolate base acute or attenuate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin crenate-serrate towards apex, glabrous, bullate above, coriaceous; lateral nerves 4-5 pair, slender, pinnate, faint, intercostae reticulate, obscure:Flowers bisexual, reddish, 0.8-1 cm across, 3-7 (rarely 9) flowered axillary dichasial cyme; peduncles and pedicels moderately stout; calyx deeply 5 lobed, 3 x 3 mm, ovate; petals 5, 5 x 5 mm, free, orbicular, not fimbriate but some times crispate; stamens 5, attached on the disc, filaments short; anthers broad; disc fleshy, 5-lobed; ovary 5-celled, sunk in the disc, ovules 2 in each cell; style very short; stigma blunt:Fruit a capsule, 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm, turbinate, drooping, scarlet, 5-valved, valves obcordate:Seeds solitary in each cell; aril small, orange-red. |